Sir Hilary Beckles Arrives Nigeria for 7th African Conference

The Vice Chancellor, The University of the West Indies, Sir Hillary Beckles has arrived Nigeria for the 7th African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity, which will hold from October 27 to 29 this year at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The three-day conference is powered by Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET Africa) in conjunction with the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

Beckles is the lead speaker at the conference with the theme: Universal Approach to Addressing Biosecurity Threats – Genomic Intelligence and Vaccines.

While noting that “all is set for the conference”, the Chief Operating Officer of GET Africa, Dr. Ayodotun Bobadoye, said apart from Beckles, other experts and speakers from across the globe have also arrived Lagos.

Other speakers include Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi; Epidemiologist & Vaccinologist, South African Cochrane Centre, South Africa, Prof. Charles Wiysonge; Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Redeemers’ University, Ede, Nigeria, Prof. Christian Happi.

Global Medical Affairs Lead, Vaccines Janssen Vaccines & Prevention, Netherlands, Dr. Vallierie Oriol Matthieu; Senior Research Ethics Advisor, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Dr Sam Ujewe; Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Prof. Mayowa Owolabi.

Head of ELSI Services & Research BBMRI- ERIC, Austria; Dr. M. Th. Mayrthofer; the Managing Director, Integrated Systems Engineering SRL (ISENET), Milan, Italy, Pasquela De Blaiso; Director of the South African National Bioinformatics Institute, Prof. Alan Christoffels; Professor of Applied Entomology, Lagos State University, Prof. Abiodun Denoloye; Communication Expert, Minstere de la Sainte Luxembourg University, Dr Tom Rausch; and Bobadoye.